1983 Arizona Wranglers Roster
United States Football League (USFL)
Team Record: 4-14
Finishing 4th in the USFL's Pacific Division
Coach: Doug Shively (4-14)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 232,005, Avg. 25,778 in 9 home dates
1983 Arizona Wranglers StatisticsTeam Record: 4-14
Finishing 4th in the USFL's Pacific Division
Coach: Doug Shively (4-14)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 232,005, Avg. 25,778 in 9 home dates
1983 Arizona Wranglers Results
The Arizona Wranglers of the United States Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 4 wins and 14 losses, finishing fourth in the USFL's Pacific Division.
The Wranglers managed just 261 points, worst in the league, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 442, most in the circuit. Alan Risher passed for 2,672 yards. Mark Keel paced pass catchers, snagging 65 passes, while Jackie Flowers accumulated 869 receiving yards, while Neil Balholm provided receiving help, too.
Calvin Murray carried the ball for a team-best 699 yards for Arizona.
Tommy Wilcox picked off 6 opponent throws. Darryl Clark sacked opposing passers 6.5 times.
Doug Shively coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Ben Apuna | LB | June 26, 1957 | 6'1" | 222 | Arizona St. | Honolulu, HI USA | 13 | 13 |
| 16 | Jim Asmus | P/K | December 2, 1958 | 6'2" | 195 | Hawaii | Meppal, Holland | 10 | 0 |
| 88 | Neil Balholm | WR | January 23, 1957 | 6'2" | 180 | Brigham Young | Yakima, WA | 18 | 18 |
| 32 | Doug Banks | RB | October 26, 1957 | 5'11" | 204 | East Carolina | New Bern, NC | 15 | 3 |
| 23 | Curtis Bledsoe | RB | March 19, 1957 | 5'11" | 215 | San Diego St. | Odessa, TX USA | 6 | 2 |
| 20 | Harold Blue | RB | August 25, 1960 | 6'0" | 195 | East Carolina | Laurinburg, NC | 17 | 3 |
| 21 | Jamie Boone | S | March 6, 1959 | 6'0" | 210 | Miami | Louisville, KY | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Braswell | G/C | June 6, 1958 | 6'3" | 255 | Georgia | Americus, GA | |||
| Todd Campbell | DT | January 28, 1961 | 6'2" | 255 | West Virginia | New Kensington, PA | 2 | 0 | |
| Artis Carhee | RB | November 12, 1959 | 5'9" | 184 | Compton CC/UNLV | ||||
| 79 | Tom Carnes | G | November 10, 1959 | 6'5" | 275 | East Carolina | Norfolk, VA | 7 | 4 |
| 61 | Ray Cattage | DE | September 22, 1960 | 6'3" | 260 | Washington | Spokane, WA | 13 | 13 |
| 74 | Calvin Clark | DE/DT | March 8, 1959 | 6'4" | 260 | Purdue | Atlanta, GA | 16 | 9 |
| 36 | Darryl Clark | RB | August 9, 1961 | 5'11" | 204 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 15 | 4 |
| 85 | Phil Denfeld | TE/K | July 31, 1961 | 6'5" | 228 | Wake Forest | Colorado Springs, CO | 18 | 1 |
| Roy Eppes | CB/S | July 22, 1954 | 6'2" | 190 | Clemson | Mount Holly, NJ | 8 | 2 | |
| 73 | Terry Falcon | T/G | August 30, 1955 | 6'3" | 260 | Minot St. | Culbertson, MT USA | 18 | 18 |
| 66 | Robin Fisher | LB/DT | December 23, 1959 | 6'1" | 238 | Florida | Norfolk, VA | 16 | 1 |
| 88 | Jackie Flowers | WR | March 4, 1958 | 6'1" | 192 | Florida State | Jacksonville, FL | 18 | 15 |
| Reggie Fowler | LB | February 4, 1959 | 6'2" | 220 | Wyoming | Birmingham, AL | 5 | 0 | |
| 27 | Hollis Hall | CB/S | May 19, 1960 | 5'10" | 178 | Clemson | Seneca, SC | 15 | 9 |
| Ronnie Harris | CB | June 26, 1961 | 5'9" | 185 | Arizona | Greenville, MS | 7 | 3 | |
| Dwight Henninger | DT | November 25, 1957 | 6'3" | 255 | West Chester State | ||||
| Wally Henry | WR | October 30, 1954 | 5'8" | 175 | UCLA | San Diego, CA USA | 12 | 0 | |
| Mike Hirn | TE | May 20, 1960 | 6'3" | 235 | Central Michigan | Escanaba, MI | 2 | 0 | |
| 35 | Steve Howell | RB | December 20, 1956 | 6'2" | 227 | Baylor | Corsicana, TX USA | 17 | 13 |
| Fernando Jackson | LB | March 3, 1960 | 6'1" | 220 | Florida | Wewahitchka, FL | 2 | 0 | |
| Ken Johnson | RB | November 27, 1956 | 6'2" | 220 | Miami (FL) | Miami, FL USA | |||
| 43 | Lyndell Jones | CB | March 18, 1959 | 5'9" | 175 | Hawaii | Seattle, WA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | Randy Jostes | DT/DE | August 15, 1961 | 6'5" | 263 | Missouri | Omaha, NE | 9 | 9 |
| 67 | Frank Kalil | C/G | September 1, 1959 | 6'3" | 260 | Arizona | Ajo, AZ | 17 | 17 |
| 83 | Mark Keel | TE | October 1, 1961 | 6'4" | 228 | Arizona | Fort Worth, TX USA | 18 | 17 |
| 63 | Jeff Kiewel | T/G | September 27, 1960 | 6'4" | 270 | Arizona | Tucson, AZ USA | 16 | 15 |
| 58 | Jon Kimmel | LB | July 21, 1960 | 6'4" | 240 | Colgate | Binghamton, NY USA | 17 | 15 |
| Jerome King | CB | January 4, 1955 | 5'10" | 175 | Purdue | Jersey City, NJ USA | |||
| 15 | Todd Krueger | QB | September 10, 1957 | 6'4" | 205 | Northern Michigan | Stoughton, WI | 10 | 1 |
| 42 | Admiral Dewey Larry | CB | September 1, 1958 | 5'11" | 192 | UNLV | New Orleans, LA | 9 | 7 |
| Otis Lindsey | LB | March 17, 1961 | 6'3" | 230 | Clemson | 1 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Logan | CB | March 9, 1961 | 6'0" | 185 | Cincinnati | ||||
| 59 | Jim Looney | LB | August 18, 1957 | 6'0" | 225 | Purdue | Bastrop, LA USA | 6 | 2 |
| 84 | Keith MaGee | WR | November 8, 1960 | 5'11" | 159 | New Mexico | Bogalusa, LA | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | Dan Manucci | QB | September 3, 1957 | 6'2" | 196 | Kansas St. | Erie, PA USA | 8 | 2 |
| 75 | Mike Mason | T | December 30, 1958 | 6'6" | 280 | UCLA | St. Joseph, MI | 2 | 1 |
| 57 | Glenn McCormick | C | January 28, 1960 | 6'5" | 251 | Arizona | San Diego, CA | 17 | 0 |
| 56 | Larry McCoy | LB | August 12, 1961 | 6'2" | 240 | Lamar | Madisonville, TX USA | 14 | 11 |
| 81 | Bill McKale | TE | February 22, 1959 | 6'3" | 233 | Hawaii | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Mees | P | February 17, 1960 | 6'3" | 212 | Brigham Young | Cody, WY | 8 | 0 | |
| 41 | Aaron Mitchell | S | December 15, 1956 | 6'1" | 196 | Morris Brown | Los Angeles, CA USA | 18 | 12 |
| Mike Morgan | DT/DE | May 30, 1960 | 6'4" | 262 | Brigham Young | Salt Lake City, UT | 8 | 1 | |
| 68 | Daryl Mueske | G | January 25, 1960 | 6'2" | 255 | Arizona State | Phoenix, AZ | 12 | 8 |
| 33 | Calvin Murray | RB | October 18, 1958 | 5'11" | 185 | Ohio St. | Middle Township, NJ USA | 18 | 13 |
| 22 | Tony Neely | S | June 10, 1959 | 6'2" | 193 | Arizona | Baltimore, MD | 15 | 5 |
| 65 | Bob Nelson | DT/DE | March 3, 1959 | 6'4" | 272 | Miami (FL) | Baltimore, MD USA | 18 | |
| 55 | Sam Norris | LB | September 22, 1959 | 6'3" | 218 | East Carolina | Houston, TX | 16 | 9 |
| 51 | Dave Otey | C | February 25, 1958 | 6'1" | 270 | UCLA | La Mesa, CA | 18 | 18 |
| 53 | Glenn Perkins | LB | July 31, 1960 | 6'2" | 220 | Arizona | Los Angeles, CA | 15 | 15 |
| 72 | Joel Peters | DE/DT | March 12, 1957 | 6'5" | 275 | Arizona State | Sioux City, IA | 7 | 2 |
| Ed Preston | WR/CB | December 12, 1954 | 6'1" | 173 | Arkansas State | 2 | 0 | ||
| 76 | Chris Prince | G | March 6, 1961 | 6'3" | 264 | Purdue | Washington, DC | 10 | 0 |
| 71 | Bill Purifoy | DE/DT | November 15, 1959 | 6'7" | 255 | Tulsa | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Radford | DB | Southern Methodist | |||||||
| 40 | Verlon Redd | S | February 28, 1960 | 6'1" | 195 | Hawaii | 18 | 4 | |
| 7 | Alan Risher | QB | May 6, 1961 | 6'2" | 190 | LSU | New Orleans, LA USA | 16 | 15 |
| 52 | Jimmy Rivera | LB | April 28, 1960 | 6'2" | 223 | Texas A&M - Kingsville | Houston, TX | 4 | 0 |
| 82 | Billy Ryckman | WR | February 28, 1955 | 5'11" | 172 | Louisiana Tech | Lafayette, LA USA | 8 | 0 |
| 86 | Mike Smith | WR | April 28, 1958 | 5'10" | 194 | Grambling St. | Bastrop, LA USA | 3 | 3 |
| Ron Sowers | G | November 17, 1959 | 6'4" | 225 | Arizona State | ||||
| Joe Stevens | LB | January 21, 1961 | 6'5" | 230 | Michigan State | ||||
| 52 | Al Strandberg | LB/DB | November 30, 1957 | 6'2" | 205 | Moorhead State | Chartres, France | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | Vince Stroth | T | November 25, 1960 | 6'4" | 267 | BYU | San Jose, CA USA | 14 | 11 |
| 56 | Marcus Tarver | LB | April 23, 1960 | 6'0" | 215 | Hawaii | San Diego, CA | 4 | 3 |
| Ron Thomas | LB | February 4, 1960 | 6'3" | 220 | Northern Arizona | 5 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Eddie Ray Walker | CB | January 21, 1961 | 6'0" | 180 | Southern Mississippi | Pascagoula, MS | 18 | 13 |
| Mike Whited | T/G | March 30, 1958 | 6'4" | 250 | Pacific | Chico, CA USA | 2 | 0 | |
| 25 | Tommy Wilcox | S | July 30, 1959 | 5'11" | 195 | Alabama | New Orleans, LA | 15 | 14 |
| 54 | Joe Wilkins | LB | December 2, 1959 | 6'1" | 215 | Maryland | Pleasantville, NJ | 3 | 1 |
| 45 | Kirk Wilson | CB | August 12, 1959 | 5'11" | 180 | Indiana State | New Orleans, LA | 4 | 2 |
| 27 | Lee Wilson | CB | July 19, 1959 | 5'9" | 182 | San Diego State | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 0 |
